Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-22

PRESIDENT cLEvELAND,s prorp.
TIoN.


The President and his wife werr
greeted at Nashville with an ovation
worthy of the nations chief the
mln, aud also of the proverbial hos
pitality Of the gallant old voluntce,
State. The city was everywhere
decorated In holiday attire, and
these decorations were so rich, So
unique ind so proflse as almost Ia
remind the visitor of fairy dream,
And the crowd visiting the city I'd
welcome the distinguished guests Of
the State is said to have been abso.
lu'ely enormous. The hotels were
packed full, the visitors In some cases
petitloning the citizens for the pr;vi.
lege OF shelter from the night air and
many were forced to walk the streets
all night. Though the most liberal
Preparations were made to meet the
anticipated demand, many failed to
get anything to eat; even the sup
plies provided by the eating stands
ran short before the unprecedented
demand Of that surging, excited and
enthusiastic multitude.
The President and his wife arrived
ut Belle Meade, the residence of Gen.
w. II. Jackson, about six miles
south OF Nashville, at 9:15 o'clock D.
M, where he and his lady spent the
night, on Saturday evening at
p. M, where they remained in the
strictest privacy, enjoying a much
needed rest from the fatigue of a
journey which has been almost con
tinuous since they started out. AT
Belle Meade they were treated to q
sight of the fine horses and also of q
herd of 200 deer. They took lunch
on Sunday at the Hon. Howell Il.
Jackson's and in the evening visited
the venerable Mrs. Polk, where they
were Hospitality received and enter
tanned with the distinction worthy OF
the occasion. Returning to Belle
Meade they there spent another night
of quiet and repose and entered the
city on the next morning where they
were received by procession, civic
and military, in carriages, on horse
back and afoot, such as never before
graced the streets of Nashville, and
entered from the depot, where they
were received by delegation of prom
inent citizens in carriages, and ac-
companied by procession, first to the
West Side Club Rooms and from
thence TO Vanderbilt University
whore they were received in well
coming address by Chancellor Gar
land, which were acknowledged by
the President with a graceful bow.
The procession then proceeded
through the various streets marked
out in the program, accompanied by
an immense throng of cheering
people, bands of music, firing of can
mons and civil and military turnouts,
showing all along the line the Wild
est enthusiasm, to the public square,
where little daughter of A. j. Nc
Whittier, Esq, assisted by little
Eugene Harris. stepped from the
Ship Of State, Fran ,es Cleveland, Z"
md presented Mrs. Cleveland with
an elaborate floral anchor, with beau
tiful and appropriate inscriptions.
From this point the procession
moved through various streets to the
Max we'll House, where Mrs. Cleve-
land alightsd The President anil
his escort c)n'ilu Il their march I'M
til about 20 O'Clock u. M, when
the party entered the capitol grounds,
where speeches of welcome were
made by GOV. Tlyior, Mayor Ker-
cheval AMI CO... Co'yar, which were
responded t. II fitting AMI happy
terms by Ptesilant Cleveland. After
a short reception in the routanda of
the capitol, the Presidential party
took the train at Il p. IN. for Atlanta.
The speeches were heard by only
comparatively few persons, as the
capitol ground enclosure was found
too small to contain the enormous
crowd.